The Art of Cajun Chicken: A Step-by-Step Guide

To begin with, we need to grab ourselves up about three medium chicken breasts and cut them in half just so they fry a little faster. This will also help us achieve a nice sear on both sides of the chicken. Now that our chicken is prepared, let's season it up with some salt, ground black pepper, and my all-time favorite Cajun seasoning. As we are using a teaspoon of two of Cajun seasoning, I'll be fairly generous with this, as I just love the flavor it brings to the dish. You can pick up this seasoning in just about any grocery store, but if you want to make it from scratch, I've included a link to the recipe in the description section of the video.

Once we have our chicken seasoned, let's move on to cooking it. We'll place the chicken in a skillet over medium-high heat, using a cast iron skillet as an option, or any pan that suits your needs. Place the chicken in and fry this up until it's cooked through, ensuring we get a nice sear happening on both sides. As we flip the chicken, we'll also achieve a nice kind of sear happening there, thanks to its fair thickness. Since the chicken is cut in half, it doesn't take long to cook. Now that our chicken is nicely cooked up, let's pull it out and set it aside on a plate.

As we have our chicken prepared, don't touch the pan, as wonderful flavors are about to be added! I'll add in a good knob of butter, which is approximately about a tablespoon, and let this melt down a bit more. With three cloves of chopped garlic and half a small chopped onion, I'll just let this sauté for 30 seconds to a minute until that wonderful flavor fills the air or aroma. This brings us to what's known as the Cajun trinity - but actually, it consists of onions, bell peppers, and celery. A stalk of about half a small one can be used, and about a quarter cup of sun-dried tomatoes will add an extra layer of flavor.

As we continue cooking, we'll let this sauté down over medium heat for about four or five minutes, allowing the flavors to meld together beautifully. To clarify, guys, the Cajun trinity is actually the onions, bell peppers, and celery - I may have made that clear earlier, but no worries! Once we've cooked it down here, we'll add in some chicken stock, using chicken stock not beef broth, as well as some heavy cream to give this a creamy texture. We'll season this up with a bit more pepper and a little bit more Cajun seasoning for extra flavor.

Now that our sauce is ready, let's bring it to a boil by adding the chicken back in. As we simmer this away while spooning some of that sauce over the top for another five or ten minutes, you'll be rewarded with an incredibly delicious dish. After about ten minutes, we are done cooking! I'll just kill the heat and voilà - there you have it, my friends, our mouth-watering creamy Cajun chicken is ready to be devoured.

Perfectly cooked with mashed rice on the side or a refreshing salad, this dish can be enjoyed in various ways. Let's take a look at what we've created - oh, that is so tender! Make sure you get some of that trinity on there for an extra burst of flavor. With Cajun seasoning as the star of the show, it truly brings out the best flavors in our chicken dish.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enso what you want to do first is grab yourself up about three medium chicken breasts and i've cut these in half just so they fry a little faster and we'll season this up with some salt ground black pepper my all time favorite and because it is cajun a teaspoon of two of cajun seasoning i'm gonna be fairly generous with this now you can pick this seasoning up in just about any grocery store but i'll put a link to the recipe if you want to make it from scratch in the description section of the video i just love this stuff and of course we'll flip this over and do the same thing for the other side okay now we're going to add some oil to a skillet over medium-high heat i'm using a cast iron skillet but you can use a pan too place the chicken in and we're going to fry this up until it's cooked through and we got a nice sear happening of course we're going to give these a flip and we got a nice kind of sear happening there and these don't take long to cook because you know they're cut in half so they're fairly thin okay now we're nicely cooked up so i'm just going to pull these out and set them aside on a plate okay my friends in the same pan don't touch that i'll cancel wonderful flavors i'm going to add in a good knob of butter and this is oh i'd say about a tablespoon and we'll just let this melt down a touch more oil now in with three cloves of chopped garlic and half a small chopped onion i'll just let this saute for 30 seconds a minute until that wonderful wonderful flavor fills the air or aroma i should say now my friends the cajun trinity so but a stalk of a celery bell pepper that's about half a small one you can use red too and about a quarter cup of sun-dried tomatoes now we'll just get this a stir around hope this is starting to smell so good already so what we'll do is just let this cook down over medium heat for about four or five minutes now i should really clarify myself here guys the cajun trio it's actually the the onions the bell peppers and the celery i'm not sure if i made that clear but that's okay now we've cooked down here i'm gonna add in some chicken stock and use chicken stock not beef broth and some heavy cream that's why it's going to be creamy season this up with a bit more pepper and a little bit more cajun okay we'll just bring this to a boil now we'll add the chicken back in oh this is gonna be so yummy and we'll let this simmer away while spooning some of that sauce over the top for another 5 or 10 minutes after about 10 minutes we are done did my friends so i'm just gonna kill the heat and we're good to go and there you have it my friends just look at this oh gonna be so good our creamy cajun chicken just mouth-watering all right guys let's see what we have here oh that is so tender make sure i get some of that trinity on there just look at this so good perfect with mashed rice a side salad anything i'm gonna make thisso what you want to do first is grab yourself up about three medium chicken breasts and i've cut these in half just so they fry a little faster and we'll season this up with some salt ground black pepper my all time favorite and because it is cajun a teaspoon of two of cajun seasoning i'm gonna be fairly generous with this now you can pick this seasoning up in just about any grocery store but i'll put a link to the recipe if you want to make it from scratch in the description section of the video i just love this stuff and of course we'll flip this over and do the same thing for the other side okay now we're going to add some oil to a skillet over medium-high heat i'm using a cast iron skillet but you can use a pan too place the chicken in and we're going to fry this up until it's cooked through and we got a nice sear happening of course we're going to give these a flip and we got a nice kind of sear happening there and these don't take long to cook because you know they're cut in half so they're fairly thin okay now we're nicely cooked up so i'm just going to pull these out and set them aside on a plate okay my friends in the same pan don't touch that i'll cancel wonderful flavors i'm going to add in a good knob of butter and this is oh i'd say about a tablespoon and we'll just let this melt down a touch more oil now in with three cloves of chopped garlic and half a small chopped onion i'll just let this saute for 30 seconds a minute until that wonderful wonderful flavor fills the air or aroma i should say now my friends the cajun trinity so but a stalk of a celery bell pepper that's about half a small one you can use red too and about a quarter cup of sun-dried tomatoes now we'll just get this a stir around hope this is starting to smell so good already so what we'll do is just let this cook down over medium heat for about four or five minutes now i should really clarify myself here guys the cajun trio it's actually the the onions the bell peppers and the celery i'm not sure if i made that clear but that's okay now we've cooked down here i'm gonna add in some chicken stock and use chicken stock not beef broth and some heavy cream that's why it's going to be creamy season this up with a bit more pepper and a little bit more cajun okay we'll just bring this to a boil now we'll add the chicken back in oh this is gonna be so yummy and we'll let this simmer away while spooning some of that sauce over the top for another 5 or 10 minutes after about 10 minutes we are done did my friends so i'm just gonna kill the heat and we're good to go and there you have it my friends just look at this oh gonna be so good our creamy cajun chicken just mouth-watering all right guys let's see what we have here oh that is so tender make sure i get some of that trinity on there just look at this so good perfect with mashed rice a side salad anything i'm gonna make this\n"